It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle spee… - Sarah Orne Jewett

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It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.

Sarah Orne Jewett

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Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American author and poet whose works were primarily set in her native New England.

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Birth Name: Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett

Alternative Names: Sara Orne Jewett • Sara Jewett • Sarah O. Jewett

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Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world.

There, don't you think I'm always a-fault-finding! When I get hold of the real thing in folks, I stick to 'em, — but there's an awful sight of poor material walking about that ain't worth the ground it steps on.

Conformity is the inspiration of much second-rate virtue.

It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world. - Sarah Orne Jewett

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